A man was taken to a hospital and having surgery Sunday after being stabbed in Oxnard, officials said.

Oxnard police received a call of a stabbing victim about 6:50 p.m. near a bar in the 1200 block of Mercantile Street, officials said.

The Oxnard Fire Department also responded to the call and took the man to Ventura County Medical Center, officials said.

The man was stabbed multiple times and was in surgery as of Sunday evening, officials said.

Police were investigating and questioning people of interest about the stabbing, including a driver who was stopped on Balboa Street near Ventura Boulevard in El Rio, officials said. No arrests had been made, officials said.